GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| fabricate | invent |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |